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{{Short description|Hungarian-British actress (1927–1998)}}
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{{eastern name order|Szőke Ivanovics Éva Márta
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==Early life==
Bartok was born Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics in [[Kecskemét]], Hungary, to a [[Judaism|Jewish]] father and a Catholic mother.<ref name=AP>{{cite web| agency= Associated Press |title= Eva Bartok, 72, Actress in Films of 50's and 60's|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 August 1998 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/05/arts/eva-bartok-72-actress-in-films-of-50-s-and-60-s.html |access-date= 31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=Vallance>{{cite web |last= Vallance |first= Tom |title= Obituary: Eva Bartok |work= [[The Independent]] |date= 3 August 1998 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-eva-bartok-1169493.html|access-date= 12 February 2020}}</ref> As a young child, she performed in school productions from the age of six, and later in charity events and for wounded soldiers during the [[Second World War]].
Following the outbreak of the war, her father stayed in [[Budapest]]. Bartok and her mother moved to live in Kecskemét, to the south of the city, where her mother had relatives. Her father would visit them on Sundays, but later disappeared without a trace during the Nazi period.
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She then performed in Gáspár Margit's ''Új Isten Thébában'' (''New God in Thebes'') in 1946, followed by [[Áron Tamási]]'s drama ''Hullámzó vőlegény'' in 1947, [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''Androkles és az oroszlánok'' (''[[Androcles and the Lion (play)|Androcles and the Lion]]''), and [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s ''A tisztességtudó utcalány'' (''[[The Respectful Prostitute]]'').
She first appeared in front of the camera was in the 1947 Hungarian film ''
Feeling threatened and persecuted by the new [[Communism|Communist]] regime in Hungary, she asked for help from Hollywood-based Hungarian producer [[Alexander Paal]], who had been a friend of her father. Paal arranged a "passport marriage", and took her to London. Bartok was later able to smuggle her mother out of Hungary, via Austria and Germany, to eventually settle her in France. As one of its producers, Paal was able to arrange for Bartok to appear in the British-Italian international co-production drama film ''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (which was released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US). It was filmed in 1948, but due to financial difficulties, it was not released until 1951. As her surname would have been an hindrance to Western audiences, she changed her professional name to "Bartok", after the well-known Hungarian composer [[Béla Bartók]]. After divorcing Paal, Eva was introduced though the Hungarian expatriate community to fellow emigre [[Alexander Korda]], who arranged for her to be put under contract to [[London Films]].<ref name=AP/> She received a small salary of £80 a month, and received the opportunity to audition for the studio's various film projects. At the same time, she undertook English language lessons.
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Her second husband was the producer [[Alexander Paal]], who had assisted her in her escape from Hungary in 1948. They divorced in 1951.
She acquired British citizenship through her third marriage to English theatrical publicity agent William "Bill" Wordsworth in 1952. Wordsworth was the great-great-grandson of the poet of the same name.<ref name=LATimes/> That marriage fell apart, with him claiming that she had deserted him within a month of their marriage, to move to Rome to make a movie in 1952, but the divorce was not finalised until 7 March 1955, with Bartok not contesting Wordsworth's application.<ref name=NYT1>{{cite web |title= Eva Bartok Divorced |work=[[The New York Times]]|date= 8 March 1955 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/08/archives/eva-bartok-divorced.html
She met the British aristocrat [[David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven]], at a London dinner in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title= Eva Bartok |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= 17 August 1998 |url= https://variety.com/1998/scene/people-news/eva-bartok-1117882434/ |access-date= 3 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=AP/> They embarked on a high-profile relationship that lasted for several years. Romaine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, cited Bartok in her divorce petition.<ref>{{cite web |title= David, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven |publisher= Lord Mountbatten of Burma |url= https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/copy-of-master-6|access-date= 29 January 2022}}</ref> Mountbatten was prominent part in the London demi-monde of the 1950s, which brought together a colourful mix of aristocrats and shadowy social climbers, such as osteopath [[Stephen Ward]].
Her relationship with Mountbatten ended after Bartok began a relationship with German actor [[Curd Jürgens]] when they acted in a movie together in Germany. Amidst great media interest, she married Jürgens on 13 August 1955 in [[Schliersee]], Germany.<ref name=NYT2>{{cite web |title= Eva Bartok Wed to Actor |work=[[The New York Times]]|date= 14 August 1955 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1955/08/14/archives/eva-bartok-wed-to-actor.html
Three decades later, Bartok claimed Deana's biological father was actually [[Frank Sinatra]], as a result of a very brief affair in 1956 with him, following the break-up of Sinatra's marriage to [[Ava Gardner]].<ref name=ct940817>{{cite news |title= British woman, 36, claims she is Sinatra's daughter |publisher= [[Chicago Tribune]] |page= 2 |date= 17 August 1994|url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24120284.html?dids=24120284:24120284&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |access-date= 29 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=IE /> Bartok had first met Frank Sinatra at a party while she was in Hollywood in 1955, while appearing in the film ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'', alongside [[Dean Martin]].<ref name=AP/> Sinatra never acknowledged that he was the father.
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[[File:Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) still 2.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Film still|Publicity still]] for ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'', with [[Dean Martin]] holding [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]], and [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]] holding Bartok]]
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*''[[Madeleine (1950 film)|Madeleine]]'' (1950) Uncredited.
*''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (1951) It had the alternative titles of ''Passaporto per l'oriente'' in Italy and ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the United States.
*''[[The Crimson Pirate]]'' (1952)
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*''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'' (1957)
*''[[The Doctor of Stalingrad]]'' (1958). Filmed in German under the title ''Der Arzt von Stalingrad''.
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*''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959)
*''[[Twelve Hours by the Clock]]'' (1959)
*''[[SOS Pacific]]'' (1959)
*''Ein Student ging vorbei'' (1960)
*''[[Beyond the Curtain]]'' (1960)
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*''[[Blind Justice (1961 film)|Blind Justice]]'' (1961). Filmed in German under the title ''Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit''.
*''{{ill|It Can't Always Be Caviar|de|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (Film)}}'' (1961)
*''{{ill|This Time It Must Be Caviar|de|Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein}}'' (1961)
*''{{Interlanguage link
*''Avventura al motel'' (1963)
*''Ferien wie noch nie'' (1963)
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